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ANSIL W. HILLS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CAILLEBROTHERS-COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN..

TICKET-VENDING MACHINE.

Spcieaton of Letters Patent.

Application led July 29,1915. Serial No..'42,494.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ANsIL W. HILLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Ticket-Vending Machine, of which the followingis a specification. x v This invention relates to machines-forprojecting and severing strips or tapes of paper which are printed torepresent tickets for any desired purpose, and its object is to providea device which -will' thus project and sever any desired number oftickets within the scope of the machine at the .greatest possible speed,and which will hold the several tickets thus severed in a compact' sheafin such position that they can be easily taken up by the purchaser.

This invention consists in a feeding and shearing-mechanism for a stripof paper, a motor to. drive the same, a series of controlling devicesfor the motor so vthat the motor will actuate the feeding and shearingmechanism any desired number of times within the scope of the machine,amanually operable selecting means whcreby the controlllng devices areproperly positioned, 'and novel means for properly supporting thesevered portions of the strip. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a pla-n of this ticket vendingmachme with the cover of the case removed. Fig. 2 is an elevation of theinterior mechanism when the right side of the case is removed.- Fig. 3

is a front elevation of the feeding and shearing mechanism. Fig. 4 is asection von the line shearing mechanism. Fig. 6 is a perspective of theticket supporter. Figs. 7 and 8 lare side elevations of the controllingmechanism in different positions'. Fig.. 9 is a detail thereof. Fig. 10is a plan of the case. Fig. 11 is a detail of theswitch. Figs. 12 and 13are' side and end elevations of slightly modified forms of thecontrolling mechanism. Fig. 14 is a section of the lclutch mechanism. i

Similar reference characters refer to like .parts throughout the severalviews.

4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan of the* ture shaft 7, on which ismounted a worm 8 .that meshes with the worm wheel 9 on the has 'acollar17 on its rear end to take the thrust of the sleeve 18 on which thebevel gear 19 and female clutch member 20 are secured. A sleeve 22 onthe shaft 14 is threaded to receive the adjusting nut l23, whlchvtensions the spring 24 and forces the male clutch member 25 into thefemale member. This male member is slidably splined on the sleeve 22 andtherefore revoluble with 1t. This friction clutch is inserted at thispoint to permitthe armature vs haft 7 to revolve after .the gear 19 hasbeen suddenly stopped and thus avoids breakages. The collar 26 ofleather constitutes a good friction surface.

The ticket feeder and @atten-A shaft 29 at the rear end of the machineis mounted in the side 4 of the case and in the pedestal 30, and'hassecured to it thefstop disk 32 of a Geneva movement provided with aflange 33 and pin 34, a shear-operating cam 35, a stop cam 36, acontroller arm 37, and a bevel gear '38 that meshes with the bevel gear19 -on the sleeve 18. In the following description, the connection.between the motor and the shaft 29 will be disregarded and this shaft29 will be designated as the main shaft, which causes a ticket to beprojected and cut off at each, revolution. Any other device may beemployed to drive 'this main shaft, so long as it may be fullycontrolled.

On a shaft 39,'whose ends are journaled in .the vsides of the case, isloosely mounted a feed wheel 40, having feed pins 41 adapted sov toextend through perforations 43 'in the ticket tape 44, which is fed upfrom any desired source of supply. To this wheel is secured the starWheel 45 of the Geneva movement. The parts are so positioned, that ateach revolution of the shaft 2 9, the wheel 40 turns one-sixth of arevolution and the tape is moved the length of one ticket up through theslot 71 in the plate 46, shown in Fig. 6.

The shearing mechanism is mounted on a plate 46 which rests on shoulders47 on the j sides of the case. This plate 46 has downwardly extendingside p lates 46EL and 46b formed with grooves 48, 1n, which thesupporting bars 49 of the curved guide 50 are slidably mounted. A smallroller 52, revoluble on the pin 51 at the lower end of this guide, holdsthe tape against the wheel 40, but the curved guide 50 holds the tapev.on the feed pins 41 which move in a groove 54 in this guide. rFhisguide is movable away from the wheel so as to permit the tape to hepositioned on the wheel. The guide is held in position by means of alatch 55 (Fig. 1) pivoted on thescrew 56 carried by the plate 46, whichlatch has one end heldin the path of the pin 57 by means of the spring5S. The latch can be swung out of the path of this pin by means of thelug 59 andthe guide then pulled back by means of the lug 60.

r1`he shear consists of a fiat piece 61 of steel having a beveled frontend 62 and slidably held by the oss-bars 63 and 64, and the stationaryshecr bar 65. A vspring 66 secured to the cross-bar 64 holds down theplate 61, while'the ddivn-turned end 67 of the clip 68 preventstlteplate from moving back too far. The plate 61 is formed with anopening 69 into which the upper arm 70 of the actuating lever extends.The lower arm 72 of this lever is forked and-embraces the shear cam 35.-At eachrevolution of the shaft 29, the shear member 61 moves back andforth, cutting off the tickets as they are fed up through the slot 72,shown in Fig. 6, just at the rear of the shear member 65.

It is of great importance that the purchaser vof a number of tickets maytake up all of them without loss of time and without I removing hisgloves.` To permit this, mechanism is provided for holding all thetickets i in upright vposition and in contact with each other. Thedevice is simpleand consists of two jaws 75 mounted on the ends of theshear member 65, and provided 'with vertical corrugations in theiroperative faces which-approach each other'a's shown. rlhese faces areslightly undercut to permit the cuttin edges of the blade 61 to passentirely over te edge of the blade 65 and thus sever the tickets A., andalso to carry these tickets tothe position shown in Fig. 5. Because ofthe cutting edges of the blade 61 meeting at a blunt point, the ticketwill be bowed and `its own resilience will hold it in the corrugationsin the jaws 75. When the next ticket is severed, the first will bepushed forward slightly farther, and so on, until a bunch of tickets isheld in the jaws 75, as shown in opening in the cover. lAs theadditional tikets are forced up ,and then moved forv acters.

ward by the blade 61, this. door will be opened farther until all are sopositioned that they can be picked up together.

The selecting' and controlling mecham'sm.-This machine is designed todeliver from one to live tickets upon the pressurerof the proper keystem 81, 82, 83, 84 or S5, shown in Fig. 1, each of which is providedwith a button 86 at its upper end. Characters 87 may be formed on orsecured to the cover 1 adjacent these buttons. The stems are slidable insmall hubs 88 formed on the cover 1, and have small disks S9 on theirlower ends. Extending between the sides of the case is a shaft 90, onwhich are mounted the levers 91, 92, 93, 94 and 95, onev for each key,which levers are properly spaced by means of collars 96. A rod 97extends across the front end of theJ case, Iand a spring96 connects tothe front arm of each lever and to this rod, and thus holds up thereararm of the lever and its key. Fach lever has an upper finger 99 toengage the releasing bail, and al lower stop finger 100. rlfhe upwardmovement of these levers is limited by the cross-bar 102 extendingbetween the sides of the case.

'llhe releasing bail consists of a transverse portion 106' and tworearwardly extending arms 104 secured to the shaft 105 which isrevolubly mounted in the sides `of the case. .0n the right end of thisbail shaft are mounted a pawl 106 and an arm 107 to which a spring 108-connects to hold the lower end of this pawl 106 to the left and the bailup against the fingers 99.

rllhe motor is controlled by means of an automatic switch and a'manuallyoperated switch, the latter (see Fig.'11) having two irods 110 and 111adapted to connect into any ordinary portable socket at one end and theother end formed with tubular sockets 112 that may receive the ends ofsimilar rods on another machine of the same character so that a seriesof machines may be placed side by side to dispense tickets of variouschar- A lever 113 connected to one rod may be swung into engagement withthe plate 114 to which the wire 115 connects. A wire 116 connects to theother rod and to the Contact plate 117 of the automatic switch shown inFig. 7. rlhe wire 115 connects to the motor.

The post 118 (Fig. 7) supports the pivot 119 of the arm 120, which has aContact point 122 adapted to be held against the plate 117 by means of aspring 123. A wire 124 leads from this arm to the motor. The device isso constructed that this switch is held open until a key is depressedand then remains closed until the shear has made the desired number ofstrokes, after which it is again opened. Y

Extending between the sides of the case and journaled therein is acontroller shaft 126, to which is secured the chainwheel 128 on which isthe chain 127 connecting by means of the spring 129 to the post 130projecting from the side 2. Farther along on this shaft 126 are thecontrolling stop arms 131, 132, 133 and 134, positioned in the planes ofthe stems 81, 82, 83 and 84, and of the controller levers 91, 92, 93 and94, respectively. There is no stop arm of the same character for the key85 and the lever 95. Extending from the chain wheel 127 is a.switch-opening arm 135, preferably faced with a block 137 of insulatingmaterial, which strikes the pin 138 projecting from the side 4 when thiscontroller shaft 126 is released by means of the key 85. Referring toFig. 9, it will be observed that the angular distance between the stoparms 131, 132, 133 and 134 is substantially the same as the angulardistance between the teeth 139 pf the controller .ratchet wheel 140 alsosecur d to the controller shaft 126. The angular distance between thestop arm 134 when it engages its lever 94 and the -switch arm 135 whenit engages the stop pin 138, is also the same as the angular distancebetween two adjacent teeth 139. The downward movement of the bail 103 islimited by a pin 141 extending inwardly from the right side 3 0f thecase.

' Projecting inwardly from the right side 3 of the case is a pin 142 onwhich a stop lever 143 is mounted and whose lower end is held inengagement with the stop cam 36 by means of a spring 144 connecting tothe pin 145 extending inwardly from said side 3, as shown in Fig. 2. Theupper end of th1s lever may be prevented from swinging down by means ofthe dog 146 on the shaft 126 directly adjacent the ratchet wheel 140.Connected to said side 3 are two guides 147 in which is slidable thecontroller bar 148 having pivoted to it a pawl 149 adapted to engage theteeth 139 of the controllerwheel 140. A spring 150l connects to thelowerl guide 147 and to the controller bar and forces the pin 152 at thelower end of this bar into the path of the controller arm 37.

Operation-The operation of thisdevice is as follows. Ifit is desired toissue two tickets, the button 86 on the stem 82 is depressed, as shownin Fig. 7, causing the controller lever 92 to swing down, and with itthe bail 103. This swings the pawl 106 out of engagement with the teeth139 of the controller wheel 140 on the shaft 126, and'permits the spring129 to pull forward the chain 127, thus turning the wheel 128 and theshaft 126 until the stop arm 132 engages the finger 100 on the lever 92.This turning of the controller shaft 126 swings the arm 135 out ofengagement with the switch arm 120, permitting it to swing into contactwith the switch plate 117 and thus close' the circuit to the motor whichimmediately begins to turn theshaft 29 and actuate the tape feeding andshearing device. At each revolution of the shaft 29, theA tape will befed up through the slot 71 a distance equal to the length of one ticket;this ticket will be cut off and the controller arm 37 will slide thecontroller bar 148 toward vthe front a sufficient distance for the pawl149 to en-v gage a .tooth 139 andturn the controller wheel 140, theshaft 126 and the stop arm 132 backwardly one step. At the end ,of tworevolutions of the main shaft 29, the two desired tickets will have beensevered, the controller wheel and controller shaft 126 will have beenturned back two steps, the arm 135 will have been swung against theswitch arm 120 sufficiently to open the circuit to the motor, and thestop dog 146 will have moved under the front end of the stop lever 143and prevented its rear end from swing` ing up out of the path of thestop cam 36, all parts then being at rest in the positions shown in Fig.2. :f

The number of tickets delivered can be watched by meansof a counter 151,shown inFig. I2, whose actuating arm 152 has a slot to receive a pin1,153 on the lever arm 70. Many other refinements of construction may beintroduced andthe parts may be modified by those. skilled in the artwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

- In order to avoid the objection which may be raised, that a continuouspressure on any button 86 will cause a continuous actuation of themachine, the following described device may be employed to prevent theactuation of the motor until after the finger has been removed from thepush button. 'A bail 155 having forwardly extending arms 156 mounted onthe sha-ft 96 also has an arm 157 extending down and forwardly in thepath of the pin 158 on the upper end of the switch arm 120a which issimilar-in action to the switch arm 120 above described. The bail isnormally held up by a spring 98 connected to the arm 159. V

The levers 91 to 95 inclusive are similar to those before described withthe exception that the fingers have their ends radial 'to the controllershaft and that thevvcontroller stop arms 131 to 135 inclusive haveradial faces instead of being formed for locking engagement. When a keyis depressed, the pawl 106 will release the controller wheel 140 and thearm 135 will swing vaway from the switch arm ,whle a stop engages thestop arm 131-135 as the case may be.

In order to lock the mach-ine, a dog 165 (Fig. 2) may be mounted on thepin 166 projecting from the side 3, which dog may be swung toward thebail 103 until its tooth 167 is under the bail and thus prevents thekeys from being depressed. This dog can be moved when the cover 1 isremoved.

I claim:-

1. In a ticket machine, the combinationof a motor and a shaft driventhereby, means for controlling the number ofl revolutions of said shaft,a tape-feeding mechanism actuated by said shaft, a tape-shearingmechanism also actuated by said shaft, and means to support the sectionsof tape severed by said mechanism and consisting of a pair of jaws setat an angle to each other.

2. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driventhereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of said shaft,tape-feeding and shearing mechanisms actuated by said shaft, saidshearing mechanism comprising .a bar and a reciprocating member having apointed end, and means to support the sections of tape severed by saidmechanism and consisting of 4a pair of corrugated jaws set at an angleto each other between which the point of said shear may enter.

3. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driventhereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions ofsaid shaft, tape-feeding and shearing mechanism actuated by said shaftat each revolution, said shearing mechanism comprising a bar and areciprocating plate having a pointed cutting end, and means to supportthe severed sections of the tape consisting of a pair of corrugated jawsset at an angle to each other between which the cutting point of saidshear may enter.

4. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driventhereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions ofsaid shaft, a tape-feeding wheel having a series of radial pins adaptedto enter holes in the tape, a curved plate to hold the tape againstthe-wheel, a Geneva movement between the shaft and wheel,l a plate abovethe wheel provided with a slot through which the tape is fed by thewheel, a shear bar adjacent the slot, a shear plate slidable above theplate, means whereby the shear plate is reciprocated at each revolutionof the shaft, and a pair of jaws adjacent said slot and at an acuteangle thereto to receive the severed sections of the tape.

5. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driventhereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions ofsaid shaft, a tape feeding wheel having a series of radial pins adaptedto enter holes in the tape, a curved plate to hold the tape against thewheel, a. Geneva movement betweenv the shaft and wheel, a plate abovethe wheel provided with a slot through which the tape is fed by thewheel the length of a ticket at each revolution of said shaft, a shearbar adjacent the slot, a shear plate slidable above the plate, and meanswhereby the shear plate is reciprocated at each revolution of the shaft.

6. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driventhereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions ofsaid shaft, a tape-feeding wheel having a series of radiall pins adaptedto enter holes in the tape, a curved plate to hold the tape against thewheel, a Geneva movement between the shaft and wheel, a plate above thewheel provided with 'a slot through which the tape is fed by the wheel,a shear bar adjacent the slot, a shear plate slidable above the plate,means whereby the shear platev is reciprocated at each revolution of theshaft, and a pair of jaws adjacent said slot and at an acute anglethereto to receive the severed sections of the tape, said jaws havingvertical corrugations whereby said sections are held in verticalpositions.

7. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaftdriven thereby, a series of keys, a control lever pivoted below each keyand adapted to be depressed thereby, a tape-feeding and shearingmechanism actuated by said mainshaft, a controller arm on said shaft, acontroller shaft adjacent said key operated levers, means to release thesecond shaft when a key is depressed, a series of stop arms on saidcontroller shaft evenly spaced circumferentially and adapted to engagesaid control levers to limit the movement of the controller shaft, meansoperated yby said controller arm on the main shaft to restore thecontroller shaft, and means to stop the main shaft when the controllershaft reaches its original position.

8. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaftdriven thereby, a series of keys, a control lever pivoted below each keyand adapted to be depressed thereby, va tape-feeding and shearingmechanism actuated by the main shaft at each revolution thereof, acontroller shaft adjacent said key operated levers, a ratchet wheel onsaid shaft and a pawl normally in engagement with the ratchet wheel,means in the path of said levers to'move the pawl out of engagement withthe ratchet wheel when al key is depressed, a series of stop arms onsaid controller shaft evenly spaced circumferentially and adapted toengage said control levers to limit the movement of the control shaft, acontroller arm on the main shaft, means operated by the controller armto restore the controller shaft, and means to stop the main shaft whenthe controller shaft reaches its original position.

9. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaftdriven thereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of themain shaft, a tape-feeding wheel revolubly mountedwith its axis parallelto the m'ain shaft and provided with teeth to extend through holes inthe tape, a Geneva movement whereby the main shaft may drive thetape-feeding wheel, a slidable guide for holding the tape against saidwheel, plate above the wheel to support the slidable guide and having aslot to permitthe passage of the tickets, and a reciprocating cuttermounted on said plate.

10. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaftdriven thereby, y

means for controlling the number of revolutions of the main shaft, atape-feeding wheel revolubly mounted with its axis parallel toy the mainshaft and provided with teeth to extend through holes in the tape, aGeneva movement whereby the main shaft may drive the tape-feeding wheel,a slidable guide for holding the tape against said wheel, a plate abovethe wheel to support the lslidable guide and havinga slot to permit-thepassage of the tickets, a reciprocating cutter mounted on said plate,and a pair of jaws to receive the tickets as they are cut off, saidreciprocating cutter having a pointed cutting edge.

11. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaftdriven thereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of themain shaft, a tape-feeding wheel revolubly mounted with its a-Xisparallel to the main shaft and provided with teeth to extend throughholes in the tape, a Geneva movement whereby the'main shaft may drivethe tape-feeding wheel, a plate above the wheel havinga slot throughwhichl the tape may be fed, a curved guide slidable on the plate to holdthe tape against the wheel, a roller at the lower end of the guide toguide the tape to the wheel, a spring-held latch tohold the guide androller in opera-V tive position, and a shear mounted on the plate tosever the tape.

12.` Inv a ticket machine, the combination 0f a motor and a main shaftdriven thereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of themain shaft, a second shaft parallel to and above the main shaft, a tape-Y feeding wheel mounted on said second shaft and provided with teethadapted to extend through holes in the tape, a Geneva. movement wherebythe main shaft may drive the tape-feeding wheel, a plate above the wheeland having a slot through which the tape may be fed, a curved guideslidably mounted on'the plate to hold the tape against the wheel, ashear member slidably mounted on the plate to sever the tape, a cam onthe main shaft, and a lever mounted on said wheel-supporting shafthaving one arm in engagement with said cam and the other with the shearmember so that the tape will be fed through the slot and then sheared ateach revolution of the main shaft.

13. In a ticket machine, the combination of a ticket-strip-feedingmechanism, a ticketstrip -shearing mechanism, a main shaft, meansconnecting the main shaft and' the feeding mechanism to cause-theticket-strip to be fed forward the length of a ticket at each revolutionof the main shaft, means connecting the main shaft and the shearingmechanism to cause the ticket-strip to be severed at each revolution ofthe main shaft,

q a motor to drive the main shaft, and manually operable means tocontrol the number of revolutions of said main shaft Y 14. In a ticketmachine, the combination of'a ticket-strip-feeding mechanism, aticketstrip -shearing mechanism, 'al main shaft, means connecting themain shaft and the feeding mechanism to cause the ticket-strip to be fedforward the length of a ticket at each revolutionl of the main shaft,means connecting the main shaft and theshearing mechanism to cause theticket-strip to be severed at each revolution of the main shaft, a motorto drive the main shaft, a seriesof keys, and means actuated by saidkeys to control the number of revolutions 0f said main shaft accordingtothe key depressed.

15. yIn a ticket machine, the combination of a control shaft, means torotate the same forwardly, a series of keys, means actuated by saidkeysto determine such rotation of the shaft, a main shaft, amotor torevolve the main shaft, means actuated by the main shaft to rearwardlyrotate the control shaft to its initial position, and means controlledby said controller shaft for stopping the main shaft when the controllershaft has reached its initial position. i

16. In a ticket machine, the combination of a control shaft, means forrotating the same forwardly, means for automatically rotating said shaftrearwardly to initial position, a series of arms on said shaft, manuallymovable stop arms adapted to be swung into the vpaths of said arms onthe shaft to limit the forward rotation of the shaft, and springs toreturnl the stop arms to normal position.A

"17. In a ticket machine, the combination of a controller shaft, aspring to turn the shaft, a series of means to limit the forwardmovement of said shaft, a series of depressible means for actuating saidlimiting means, and means for turning said shaft step by step back toinitial position. l

18. In a ticket machine, the combination of a controller shaft, a springto turn the shaft, a series of means to limit the forward movement ofsaid shaft, a depressible membei' of each limiting device, a motor, andreciprocating means actuated by the motor foi' turning said shaft stepby step back to initial positi0n.

19. ln a ticket machine, the combination of a case having a dischargeopening for the tickets from a ticket strip, a Wheel having means forfeeding the ticket strip through said opening, a shear adjacent saidopening, means to revolve the Wheel step by step to Lfeed the tape thelength of one ticket at each actuation, means to sever the tape at eachactuation of the Wheel,a depressible member, means actuated by saidmember for allowing the Wheel to feed a plnality ot tickets through theexit when one of said inembers is depressed, and means to shear the tapeat each actuation of the Wheel.

20. ln a ticket machine, the combination of a ticket-strip-feedingmechanism, a ticketstrip-shearing mechanism, actuating means :foralternately actuating the feeding mechanism to cause the ticket strip tobe fed foiward the length of a 'ticket and the shearing mechanism to cutoff each ticket, and a series of depressible keys for controlling theactuating means, the numbers of tickets fed and cut ott' differing foreach key.

lIn testimony whereof l have signed this speciication.

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